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单词 schlub
释义

schlub

or shlub

[ shluhb ]
/ ʃlʌb /

noun Slang.

a clumsy, stupid person.
Also zhlub, zhlob [zhluhb, zhlawb] /ʒlʌb, ʒlɔb/ .

Origin of schlub

First recorded in 1950–55; from Yiddish zhlob, zhlub “yokel, boor,” from Polish żłób “blockhead” literally, “trough, manger”

Words nearby schlub

schlock, schlockmeister, schlocky, schlong, Schloss, schlub, schlumbergera, schlump, schm-, Schmalkalden, schmaltz
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Example sentences from the Web for schlub

  • The narrator calls two of the men "Bill the Goy" and "Clyde the Schlub."

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British Dictionary definitions for schlub

schlub
/ (ʃlʌb) /

noun

US slang a coarse or contemptible person

Word Origin for schlub

Yiddish, of uncertain origin
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